Jason P. Burnham is currently based in Missouri, where he loves to spend time with his wife and children. He dearly misses his dog. This is his first time appearing in F&SF, with both poems inspired by family life—a common theme in his writing. He is in the midst of writing a cosmic horror bureaucracy game for Choice of Games. I miss you a lot up here on the ship Dad says we had to go We couldn’t wait any longer But that the people who are staying behind Will take great care of you And that by the time